Fill in the blanks in the following text with articles (a/an/the) as necessary. Some of the blanks may not require an article. Put a cross (×) in those blanks: — William Shakespeare was born on April 23, 1564 in (a) ———village of Stratford-on-Avon in (b) ———-country of Warwickshire. His father John Shakespeare was (c) ————farmer's son who came (d) ————-Stratford about 1531, and began to prosper as (e) ———-trader in corn, wheat, leather and agricultural products. His mother Mary Arden was (f) —————daughter of (g) ——————prosperous farmer, descended from (h) ————-old family of mixed Anglo-Saxon and Norman blood. It is generally believed that neither (i) ———-poet's mother nor his father could read or write. In 1582, Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway, the daughter of (j) ————— peasant family. She was eight years older than Shakespeare.